Wildlife Damage Management, Internet Center for
Date of this Version
November 2001
Abstract
Because wildlife is a valuable and publicly owned resource, Federal and State governments are responsible for maintaining healthy, stable wildlife populations. When wildlife causes damage, government also has an obligation to control that damage on behalf of the public. Responsibility at the Federal level has been legislatively delegated to the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) through its Wildlife Services (WS) program.